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South Africa's Courts Reshaped Labour, Social Rights and Policing in 2025

JOHANNESBURG, 24 December 2025. South Africa's Constitutional Court and High Courts issued a series of judgments in 2025 that reshaped parental leave entitlements, extended constitutional protection to social grant applicants, and placed new limitations on vigilante policing activity, according...

KZN Premier Ntuli Survives MK Party No-Confidence Vote as Legislature Descends into Chaos

PIETERMARITZBURG, 15 December 2025. KwaZulu-Natal Premier Thami Ntuli survived a motion of no confidence brought by the uMkhonto weSizwe Party on Monday, with the motion failing by a margin of 40 votes to 39 in the 80-seat legislature, in a session that descended into physical confrontation and...

South Africa Cancels Palestinian Visa Exemption, Citing Abuse Linked to Gaza Displacement

JOHANNESBURG, 6 December 2025. South Africa's Department of Home Affairs announced on Saturday that it was withdrawing the 90-day visa exemption previously granted to Palestinian passport holders, with immediate effect, saying the measure had been abused as part of efforts to relocate...

Cabinet Rejects US Bid to Exclude South Africa from 2026 G20; Eskom Posts R24.3bn Profit

PRETORIA, 5 December 2025. South Africa's Cabinet on Friday expressed regret over United States intentions to exclude South Africa from participation in the 2026 G20 cycle, including the upcoming G20 Sherpa meeting, describing the development as a departure from the multilateral principles that...

G20 Leaders Adopt 122-Point Declaration at First African Summit in Johannesburg

JOHANNESBURG, 23 November 2025. Leaders of the Group of Twenty (G20) concluded a two-day summit in Johannesburg on Sunday, adopting a 122-paragraph declaration that addressed debt relief, energy transitions, food security, artificial intelligence, and reform of global financial institutions, in...

Ramaphosa Declares Gender-Based Violence a National Crisis at G20 Summit

EKURHULENI, 20 November 2025. President Cyril Ramaphosa declared gender-based violence and femicide (GBVF) a national crisis on Thursday at the G20 Social Summit held at the Birchwood Hotel and OR Tambo Conference Centre in Ekurhuleni, responding to sustained pressure from civil society and more...

Gauteng Premier Lesufi Survives DA No-Confidence Vote Over Amapanyaza Wardens

JOHANNESBURG, 14 November 2025. Gauteng Premier Panyaza Lesufi survived a motion of no confidence tabled by the Democratic Alliance in the Gauteng Provincial Legislature on Friday, with 54 of 80 members present voting against the motion and 24 voting in favour. One member abstained.